ICHWC - HEALTH INDICATORS AND INFORMATION EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
Cigarette smoking
Current cigarette smoker or those who
quit within the previous 6 months or
exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke
sedentary lifestyle risk factor
Not participating in at least 30 min
of moderate intensity ( 40%-60%
V02R) physical activity on at least
3 days of the week for at least
3 months
Obesity BMI
Body mass index (BMI) ~30 kg·m2 or
waist girth> 102 em ( 40 inches) for
men and >88 em (35 inches) for
women
hypertension risk factors
Systolic blood pressure ~ 140 mm Hg
and/or
, diastolic ~90 mm Hg confirmed
by measurements on at least two separate
occasions,
or on antihypertensive
medication
Dyslipidemia risk factor
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) choles·
terol ~ 1 30 mg·dL-1 (3.37 mmoi-L -1) or
high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol
<40 mg·dL-1 (1 .04 mmoi·L-1),
or on lipid-lowering medication. If total
serum cholesterol is all that is available,
use ~200 mg·dL-1 (5.18 mmoi·L-1)
pre diabetes risk factor
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) =fasting
plasma glucose ~ 1 00 mg·dL-1
(5.50 mmoi·L-1) but <126 mg·dL-1
(6.93 mmoi·L-1) or Impaired glucose
tolerance (IGT) = 2-hour values in
oral glucose tolerance test (OGTI) ~
140 mg·dL -1 (7.70 mmoi·L- 1), but
<200 mg·dL-1 (11.00 mmoi·L-1) confirmed
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
VERIFIED
Cigarette smoking
Current cigarette smoker or those who
quit within the previous 6 months or
exposure to environmental tobacco
smoke
sedentary lifestyle risk factor
Not participating in at least 30 min
of moderate intensity ( 40%-60%
V02R) physical activity on at least
3 days of the week for at least
3 months
Obesity BMI
Body mass index (BMI) ~30 kg·m2 or
waist girth> 102 em ( 40 inches) for
men and >88 em (35 inches) for
women
hypertension risk factors
Systolic blood pressure ~ 140 mm Hg
and/or
, diastolic ~90 mm Hg confirmed
by measurements on at least two separate
occasions,
or on antihypertensive
medication
Dyslipidemia risk factor
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) choles·
terol ~ 1 30 mg·dL-1 (3.37 mmoi-L -1) or
high-density lipoprotein (HDL-C) cholesterol
<40 mg·dL-1 (1 .04 mmoi·L-1),
or on lipid-lowering medication. If total
serum cholesterol is all that is available,
use ~200 mg·dL-1 (5.18 mmoi·L-1)
pre diabetes risk factor
Impaired fasting glucose (IFG) =fasting
plasma glucose ~ 1 00 mg·dL-1
(5.50 mmoi·L-1) but <126 mg·dL-1
(6.93 mmoi·L-1) or Impaired glucose
tolerance (IGT) = 2-hour values in
oral glucose tolerance test (OGTI) ~
140 mg·dL -1 (7.70 mmoi·L- 1), but
<200 mg·dL-1 (11.00 mmoi·L-1) confirmed
